quick shots

When you have little to no time to plan a session, sometimes you have to use whatever is available to you. For short notice one-shots, this is what I have done. Thanks to the many conventions and extra sessions I’ve been asked to run, I have things I can pull from at the ready. If one of my players cannot make it, that is exactly what I do.

I’ve recently come across some great resources to pull from. In my digging I have found RuneFoundry and Loke provide some great scenarios and maps to go with them. I struggle with both on the fly and these two provide both, and at a reasonable cost (some even free). I am sure those are not the only ones, but I find both of these give just enough.

The scenarios provided give good foundations to pull from without causing a complete trainwreck if the players go off track. They also give just enough options that the players will not feel pushed to do something in particular. I like to take these ideas and mold them to how I know they like to play and anticipate a bit of shenanigans. 

You can always adjust anything you have to work for you. Make it yours. Switch out the monsters, change the setting, even the genre can be flipped to some degree. If you struggle to come up with sessions, go look up a few for yourself and let me know if you have a “go-to” for last minute planning.